May 2013 phone: 07593 542 107 email: contact@dsmanchester.org.uk website: dsmanchester.org.uk
Chatterbox Club Heaton Moor Evangelical church, Green Lane, Heaton Moor SK4 3LH 9.30am—12.15pm June 15 A family social occasion providing the opportunity for children to meet with others of a similar age for group speech therapy. Sessions are delivered by qualified speech and language therapists who have specialist training in the specific communication needs of people who have Down’s syndrome. If you do not enroll for the SLT sessions, you are welcome to join us for all the other activities. We have arts and craft activities, sing and sign sessions (10:10-10:30 - 0-2 years old; 10:35-10:55 - 2-5 years old; 11:00-11.20 – 5 years plus), Yoga 11.30-12.15. At our June Chatterbox club, musicians from Music in Hospitals (http://www.music-in-hospitals.org.uk/) will be joining us from 10-11am, kindly funded by The Manchester Guardian Society Trust. Music in Hospitals is a charity that organises live concerts for people who have sickness and disability in all kinds of healthcare settings: hospitals, hospices, mental health units, care homes, special schools, day centres etc… Their musicians are chosen for their musical skill, empathy and ability to engage with an audience. They will be at Chatterbox to play for us and allow the children to interact and ‘have a go.’
A huge thanks to those of you who completed the Chatterbox evaluations. Your feedback and comments are invaluable when completing grant return forms, applying for grants and for publicity. Our Chatterbox clubs from April to June 2013 are subsidised by a generous donation from NJL Consulting Would you like to enrol your child for Chatterbox Sept-Dec 2013? Provisional Dates: Sept 28th / Oct 26th / Nov 23rd / Dec 14th Contact: Helen at enrol@dsmanchester.org.uk
Friday drop-ins June 14, July 12, 10am-12noon Why not stop by for a coffee and a chat? Our resources are stored at this venue too, so you can have a look through them and borrow items if you wish. Specialist Resource Centre, Central West Office, Westwood Street, Moss Side, M14 4PH. There is parking on the roads outside, opposite at the West Indian Centre, or the car park behind the centre on Raby Rd. Ring the bell for Specialist Resource Team and ask for the SMDSSG Drop –In. phone: 07593 542 107 email: contact@dsmanchester.org.uk website: dsmanchester.org.uk